Definition for
mannerism
noun – Monotonous, formal, or pedantic adherence to the same manner; uniformity of manner, especially a tasteless uniformity, without freedom or variety; excessive adherence to a characteristic mode or manner of action or treatment.
noun – A peculiarity of manner in deportment, speech, or execution; an exceptionally characteristic mode or method; an idiosynerasy.
noun – Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others.
noun – Adherence to a peculiar style or manner carried to excess, especially in literature or art.
noun – A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
noun – Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
noun –
In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the
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